Progress Energy to make big job cuts in Raleigh

RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- Progress Energy plans to cut as much as
half of its work force at its downtown Raleigh headquarters if its
planned merger with Charlotte-based Duke Energy is approved.

The utility has notified its workers to expect corporate
operations to lose between 700 and 1,000 workers in the company's
two high-rise offices.

Progress has said that under the merger plans announced in
January it would keep a substantial downtown Raleigh presence. This
is the first time company has put a number on that promise.

The corporate merger will create the country's biggest electric
utility with 7 million customers in six states. The combined
company will be headquartered in Charlotte.

Notices of which jobs will be eliminated or preserved will be
made next month.

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